ဆေးလိပ်

Burmese

Etymology

ဆေး (hce:, “medicine”) +‎ လိပ် (lip, “to roll”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʰéleɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hce:lip • ALA-LC: cheʺlipʻ • BGN/PCGN: hse:leik • Okell: hseìleiʔ

Noun

ဆေးလိပ် • (hce:lip)

1. cigarette
2. cigar
3. cheroot

Descendants

• → Jingpho: sălik

Further reading

• “ဆေးလိပ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.